From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: AW: AW: Tabs in Emacs? Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:52:47 +0900 Message-ID: References: <4B029686.8080705@alice.it> <7b501d5c0911170532i5620ce86w57507fa95eecb1dc@mail.gmail.com> <7697A57B1AD9104F993CDF6A5B69430C08D5B6356B@CORPMAIL08.corp.capgemini.com> <87aayli4xv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <7697A57B1AD9104F993CDF6A5B69430C08D5A97269@CORPMAIL08.corp.capgemini.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258538020 14134 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2009 09:53:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:53:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Deniz Dogan , Emacs , Angelo Graziosi To: "Berndl\, Klaus" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 18 10:53:33 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NAhE7-0002xt-6m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:53:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40980 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAhE6-0006Su-Fm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:53:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAhDw-0006S5-Rr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:53:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAhDs-0006QQ-T4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:53:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34624 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAhDs-0006QM-Nv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:53:12 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:46003) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAhDj-0005Ue-N2; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:53:04 -0500 Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.54]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id nAI9qlHO023090; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:52:47 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:52:47 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.113.45] [10.114.113.45]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:52:47 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 1BF4852E1FB; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:52:47 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <7697A57B1AD9104F993CDF6A5B69430C08D5A97269@CORPMAIL08.corp.capgemini.com> (Klaus Berndl's message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:40:05 +0100") Original-Lines: 27 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117161 Archived-At: "Berndl, Klaus" writes: > IMHO tabs should an a frame-basis and each tab should display window-configurations, i.e. switching to a tab X should display exactly the window-layout and contents as X has contained when the user has left it > And each window of the window-configuration of a tab should contain it's headerline... > > Is this understandable? Sure, but... it may not exactly be what's most convenient for users -- again, it's a hard issue. While a window-configuration switching implementation is useful in some cases (e.g. eclipses uses a sort of similar system for switching between "debugging view" "browsing view" etc), how would the different configurations get set up ? I can imagine a system that required explicit user action ("add a new tab with current config"), but... I think many users might just want to switch between buffers, and have tabs automatically added for each buffer (perhaps limiting the number displayed in a MRU fashion, e.g., how eclipse handles source file tabs). That seems to be more similar to how tabs work in e.g. visual studio, and other editors... argh... :] -miles -- Suburbia: where they tear out the trees and then name streets after them.